In another fraught year full of depressing news, animals, celebrities and headline writers kept things wonderfully absurd
In a year that began with the US Capitol attack, continued with the fall of
Afghanistan and is ending with the rapid spread of Omicron, the global news cycle has at times felt overwhelming.
But while 2021 has been another fraught year, not all the news has been negative. Here are a few of the funniest and weirdest stories and headlines published this year.